Historical events through 2023 and 2024, and the shaping of politics and diplomacy, are providing intriguing insights into our world, bridging the past with a violent, volatile present.

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

Tourists in Rome won’t be allowed to toss coins over their shoulders into the Trevi Fountain, following tradition, though an ...

Nabataeans established a mysterious, ancient kingdom and had a reputation for great accomplishments with links to Greece and Rome.

The search for a lost Roman temple is on. As archaeologists continued to excavate a Roman fort from the first century A.D. in ...

Polish Husaria Searchers’ Association, as the group is named, ventured into the forest armed with metal detectors and ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

Five gold Byzantine coins discovered in the ruins of a house in northern Bulgaria are leaving archeologists with more ...

Archaeologists have unearthed several Roman buildings and the ruins of a forum in Spain which likely helped integrate local ...

Certain rare coins are highly sought after by collectors, and could be worth hundreds or even thousands of pounds.

Ancient Roman people made these bronze coins. They show portraits of Roman leaders called emperors. These emperors were among the first people in the world to put their own faces on coins. When the ...

These diverse monetary objects, along with the others in this display, reflect Ukraine’s distinct history over the last millennia. During the 11th and 12th centuries, Kyiv was the capital of a ...